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"Yaquina" originally referred to an Indian tribe. The language of the Yaquina tribe is now extinct,
so I do not know how Yaquina tribal members would have pronounced
Yaquina. Long-term residents of the Yaquina Bay area near Newport,
Oregon now pronounce Yaquina something like "yah KWIN ah" or "yah kwin
nah." Newcomers may try to pronounce it as if Yaquina was of Spanish
origin or in another way that identifies them, like a shibboleth, as being from another place.

Transcription of the name of the Yaquina tribe has also resulted in
different spellings. Examples include Iakon, Yakone, Youikeones,
Youkone, Yacone, and Acona (p. 816 in L.A. McArthur. 1982. Oregon
Geographic Names. Fifth Edition. Oregon Historical Society).

Today, Yaquina also refers to a river, a bay, a headland, and an
abandoned town along the central coast of Oregon where this tribe had
formerly been.

Yaquina can symbolize a "sense of place"
or sense of geography that long-term residents may have for wherever
they may be. However, the current place-holders (residents) probably
have a completely different sense of place than the former residents of
the Yaquina tribe, who depended on the land for survival. The lack of
concreteness in the pronunciation of Yaquina and in its spelling can
also symbolize what may be difficult for us to put into words about our
"sense of place" and how perspectives change over time.